Student Programs

Early Care & Education

If you want to make a difference in the life of a child, our Early Care & Education Program can prepare you to work in the early childhood development field as a child care director, teacher or child care provider.

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Visit the Program

Our next program info session for Early Care & Education is
August 12
at 3
p.m. in Building 10, Room 125. Come meet the instructors, see the
classrooms, and learn how you can get started!

Meet the Instructors

Rebecca Edmondson

Rebecca has a B.A. from Pacific Lutheran University in Elementary Education/Social Work, a Child Development Associate Credential, and a master's in Intergrative Curriculum in Early Childhood Education from Lesley University. She's been at CPTC for 12 years and is a tenured instructor, and she teaches classes on campus in our evening Early Care & Education Program. She also works in the community at state-licensed child care centers teaching our Foundation Early Care & Education Certificate.

Debi Chase

Debi has a B.S. from Southern Illinois University in Vocational Education and an M.A. in Organizational Leadership from Chapman University. She has been an Early Care and Education instructor at Clover Park Technical College for more than 25 years. She spend most of her time as an off-campus faculty member at child care centers doing training, observations and coaching. She has developed four courses that she teaches in the evening for our Early Care & Education Degree, where she serves as an adjunct faculty member. She loves visiting all her child care sites and helping each work toward providing a higher level of quality care.